Michigan Opiniontag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/48092015-08-02T13:01:43ZThe Latest Editorials, News Blogs, Opinion Articles & Political CartoonsMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceBusiness tax hike idea will have voters getting mixed messagingtag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.166269482015-08-02T13:00:00Z2015-08-02T13:01:43ZMessaging. Every election cycle, both political parties spend a boatload of money on crafting the right words to persuade you to vote for them. And when you boil it all down, the messaging usually takes the form of "us vs....Tim Skubick | Politics Columnist for MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/timskubick/index.html
Messaging. Every election cycle, both political parties spend a boatload of money on crafting the right words to persuade you to vote for them. And when you boil it all down, the messaging usually takes the form of "us vs....
Auchtoon: Employers, health insurance and the futuretag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.166268302015-08-01T13:00:00Z2015-08-01T13:06:43ZJohn Auchter | Cartoonist for MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jauchter/index.htmlEPA's Clean Power Plan will prosper Michigan renewable industriestag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165841862015-08-01T12:00:00Z2015-08-01T12:04:01ZGuest writerhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/grwriter/index.htmlKen Braun: A Big Labor lie is going around about who will pay for roadstag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.166160372015-08-01T10:00:54Z2015-08-01T14:19:32ZDon't lie to yourself: We all end up paying higher business taxes.Ken Braun | braun.ken@gmail.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/BraunKen/index.html
Don't lie to yourself: We all end up paying higher business taxes.
First responders' failure to find victim highlights need for clear protocoltag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/flint/index.ssf/2753.166151132015-07-31T13:00:00Z2015-07-31T13:08:38ZWhether or not Cheathams could have been saved is unknown, as authorities say they don't yet have a time of death. Still, the fact remains that he should have been found sooner. MLive/Flint Journal opinionhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/cvflint/index.html
Whether or not Cheathams could have been saved is unknown, as authorities say they don't yet have a time of death. Still, the fact remains that he should have been found sooner.
For voters, choice is clear: Rosalynn Bliss for Grand Rapids mayortag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/grand-rapids/index.ssf/3720.166188002015-07-31T11:00:17Z2015-07-31T19:52:18ZBliss would be an accomplished, passionate and bold successor to term-limited Mayor George Heartwell.The Grand Rapids Press Editorial Boardhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gredit/index.html
Bliss would be an accomplished, passionate and bold successor to term-limited Mayor George Heartwell.
Susan J. Demas: Michigan Republicans lead charge to legalize marijuanatag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.166113472015-07-31T10:00:26Z2015-07-31T10:08:29ZLegal pot is a $700 million industry in Colorado, estimated to climb to $1 billion next year. Susan J. Demas | Political columnist for MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html
Legal pot is a $700 million industry in Colorado, estimated to climb to $1 billion next year.
Confederate flag represents treason, racial subjugation, white powertag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/3477.166115202015-07-30T19:00:10Z2015-07-30T19:24:17ZMatthew Thick, adjunct history professor at Delta College, wrote this guest view on behalf of the Bridge Center for Racial Harmony to clarify the history behind the controversial Confederate flag.MLive/Saginaw News opinionhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/cvsaginaw/index.html
Matthew Thick, adjunct history professor at Delta College, wrote this guest view on behalf of the Bridge Center for Racial Harmony to clarify the history behind the controversial Confederate flag.
Michigan doctors love second opinionstag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165841242015-07-30T14:30:00Z2015-07-30T14:30:04ZDr. Rose Ramirez is president of the Michigan State Medical Society. By Rose Ramirez Dr. Rose Ramirez If there's one thing physicians believe, it is this: patient care comes first. That is why we work so hard to apply the...Guest writerhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/grwriter/index.html
Dr. Rose Ramirez is president of the Michigan State Medical Society. By Rose Ramirez Dr. Rose Ramirez If there's one thing physicians believe, it is this: patient care comes first. That is why we work so hard to apply the...
Concord and Hanover-Horton schools deserve voters support at the polls Tuesdaytag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/jackson/index.ssf/4596.166115182015-07-30T13:15:00Z2015-07-30T13:15:53ZAny request that affects the pocketbook should always be carefully considered, but we believe both requests warrant support from their constituency.MLive-Jackson Citizen Patriot Editorial Boardhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/ebjackson/index.html
Any request that affects the pocketbook should always be carefully considered, but we believe both requests warrant support from their constituency.
On roads, Michigan voters need to get radical with lawmakerstag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165839872015-07-29T14:30:00Z2015-07-29T17:55:08ZDennis Lennox is a freelance columnist and a former Republican officeholder and strategist-consultant who worked on three GOP presidential campaigns. By Dennis Lennox Dennis Lennox Enough with the rehashing of failed ideas. Republicans won't pass a net tax increase, no...Guest writerhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/grwriter/index.html
Dennis Lennox is a freelance columnist and a former Republican officeholder and strategist-consultant who worked on three GOP presidential campaigns. By Dennis Lennox Dennis Lennox Enough with the rehashing of failed ideas. Republicans won't pass a net tax increase, no...
Column: Former House Speaker's alcohol battle carries lessonstag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165510892015-07-29T11:00:29Z2015-07-29T11:06:17ZCraig DeRoche was one of Michigan's most powerful legislative voices before drinking derailed his life. His recovery, chronicled in a new book, shows he still has contributions to offer. Guest Columnist | Bridge Magazinehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/guestcolumnist/index.html
Craig DeRoche was one of Michigan's most powerful legislative voices before drinking derailed his life. His recovery, chronicled in a new book, shows he still has contributions to offer.
Ken Braun: Do Michigan's term limits prevent jail terms?tag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165949622015-07-29T11:00:00Z2015-07-29T11:04:44ZNew York doesn't have term limits, and corruption has been cited as the leading cause of turnover in the state legislature. Ken Braun | braun.ken@gmail.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/BraunKen/index.html
New York doesn't have term limits, and corruption has been cited as the leading cause of turnover in the state legislature.
Trump's nonpolitical business skills win key GOP supportertag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165993222015-07-29T10:45:00Z2015-07-29T10:46:43ZTim Skubick | Politics Columnist for MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/timskubick/index.htmlPrevailing wage gets it done right the first time, for everyonetag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165838572015-07-28T14:30:00Z2015-07-28T14:56:33ZU.S. Sen. Gary Peters Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, represents Michigan in the U.S. Senate. By U.S. Senator Gary Peters Nearly a decade after the Wall Street collapse that shook Michigan's economy to its core, we are finally on our way...Guest writerhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/grwriter/index.html
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, represents Michigan in the U.S. Senate. By U.S. Senator Gary Peters Nearly a decade after the Wall Street collapse that shook Michigan's economy to its core, we are finally on our way...
On legal marijuana, Democrats go first, then go slow tag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165885572015-07-28T10:45:00Z2015-07-28T10:47:34ZWhat do gay marriage and legalizing pot have in common? Thirty years ago in a column such as this, you would have written off the two concepts as nonstarters, too much against the grain and with two chances of passage,...Tim Skubick | Politics Columnist for MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/timskubick/index.html
What do gay marriage and legalizing pot have in common? Thirty years ago in a column such as this, you would have written off the two concepts as nonstarters, too much against the grain and with two chances of passage,...
Susan J. Demas: Michigan's gay marriage fight will haunt the 2018 governor's racetag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165872582015-07-28T10:00:58Z2015-07-28T10:09:11ZNow that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Michigan's wrongheaded defense of its gay marriage ban, it's time to pay the piper.Susan J. Demas | Political columnist for MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Michigan's wrongheaded defense of its gay marriage ban, it's time to pay the piper.
Michigan's forfeiture laws must change to protect the innocenttag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165511222015-07-27T14:30:00Z2015-07-27T14:32:52ZJason Pye Jason Pye is director of justice reform at FreedomWorks, a Fixforfeiture.org partner. By Jason Pye Jaw-dropping is the only way to describe the testimony given by Ginnifer Hency, a mother of four children, delivered to the Michigan House...Guest writerhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/grwriter/index.html
Jason Pye Jason Pye is director of justice reform at FreedomWorks, a Fixforfeiture.org partner. By Jason Pye Jaw-dropping is the only way to describe the testimony given by Ginnifer Hency, a mother of four children, delivered to the Michigan House...
Unions start their own Right to Work on the Roads movementtag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165716782015-07-27T10:45:00Z2015-07-27T10:45:24ZWhat goes around comes around. For every action there is a reaction. Paybacks are a you-know-what. Pick your cliche, and it fits in what could be one of the ugliest and most expensive political battles in state history as organized...Tim Skubick | Politics Columnist for MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/timskubick/index.html
What goes around comes around. For every action there is a reaction. Paybacks are a you-know-what. Pick your cliche, and it fits in what could be one of the ugliest and most expensive political battles in state history as organized...
Road fix may only come from these minds, if they ever meettag:www.mlive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/4809.165679682015-07-26T13:00:00Z2015-07-26T16:18:38ZThey called the Michigan House to order last Tuesday. There was order in the House, all right, but only a handful of lawmakers bothered to show up. The word had gone out the day before that there would be no...Tim Skubick | Politics Columnist for MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/timskubick/index.html
They called the Michigan House to order last Tuesday. There was order in the House, all right, but only a handful of lawmakers bothered to show up. The word had gone out the day before that there would be no...